During a press conference held on June 10, 2009 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, John Fees, CEO McDermott International, introduced the mPowerTM modular reactor and described its potential for making a positive impact on American job creation, manufacturing strength, and clean energy development.
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A couple of days ago, I shared a link to a comment from an Idaho blogger about how MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., a company controlled by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, is investigating the possibility of building a new nuclear power plant on some pasture land located outside of Boise, Idaho. On Friday, December 7, 2007,…
It seems that BNFL’s unions are pretty upset that their employer is planning to sell off the Westinghouse organization. Here is a relevant article from Cumbria Online http://www.cumbria-online.co.uk/viewarticle.asp?id=260225.
Sometimes I pine for the days when America’s decision making bodies included more engineers. If that is too far a stretch, perhaps we can at least get back to a situation where there are more people in decision making positions who have been exposed to some of the training associated with building and manufacturing high…
Two stories this morning illustrate that there is both hope and a lot of work to do if we are going to have a sensible discussion about energy choices in America. Perhaps our lessons are also applicable outside of the country. Many of you have heard about Chuck DeVore’s attempt to put an initiative on…
Dave Erickson blogs at Re/Action on Climate Protection. Dave makes it clear in his blog description that he is speaking for himself in this forum and is not representing the Climate Protection Campaign. Recently, he has posted several comments about energy economics that make it pretty clear that he likes wind, tolerates coal, and believes…
Harvey Wasserman, a long time professional antinuclear energy campaigner, is once again on Huffington Post, claiming that the repeatedly announced increase in the nuclear loan guarantee program is a “giveaway.” He is dead wrong on so many levels. Aside: Please do not be confused by the numbers you read. The recently announced attempt is just…
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